In SBCL and Allegro, it's possible for UIOP to create a pathname for a
file whose name is "*" and then we can find a file with such a(n odd)
pathname.
On ABCL, though, this gives me an error:
(truename (ensure-pathname "*"))
```
(truename (uiop:ensure-pathname "*"))
#<THREAD "interpreter" native {21C91F12}>: Debugger invoked on condition
of type FILE-ERROR
Cannot find the TRUENAME for a wild pathname.
```
But actually, I don't think this *is* a wild pathname:
```
CL-USER(4): (describe (uiop:ensure-pathname "*"))
#P"*" is an object of type PATHNAME:
HOST NIL
DEVICE NIL
DIRECTORY NIL
NAME "*"
TYPE :UNSPECIFIC
VERSION NIL
```
*this* is a wild pathname:
```
CL-USER(5): (describe (parse-namestring "*"))
#P"*" is an object of type PATHNAME:
HOST NIL
DEVICE NIL
DIRECTORY NIL
NAME :WILD
TYPE NIL
VERSION NIL
```
Is this an ABCL bug, since it means ABCL cannot address a file whose
name is "*"?
The interested may refer to [this ASDF
issue](https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf/-/issues/140) and the
corresponding merge request.
Thanks!
